NAIA Menís Cross Country Runner of the Week Ė No. 1

Adelman sets meet record en route to Runner of the Week honor

September 12, 2012

By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Frank Adelman of Southwestern (Kan.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Adelman, who is the first honoree of the 2012 season, was selected based on his performance from Sept. 3 - 9 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent runner of the week selections.

Adelman, a senior from Yukon, Okla., shattered the meet record by 30 seconds at the Wichita (Kan.) Wild Wind Festival on Sept. 8. The 2011 NAIA All-American covered the 8K course in 25:15 to claim first-place in a field of 87 runners by more than 30 seconds over the second-place finisher. Adelman and his Moundbuilder teammates won the team championship with 20 points, while Saint Mary (Kan.) (54 points) and Friends (Kan.) (69 points) rounded out the top three.

Adelman owns two top-10 finishes this year with his first coming in the college division of the J.K. Gold Classic on Sept. 1 - hosted by NCAA Division I Wichita State (Kan.).